Individual Details

1940 Census. Miami, Ward 4, Ottawa Co, OK, Hh 92
Lived in same place in 1935
Vant Baker, 27, b. MO, Mill Man
Jewel, wife, 24, b. MO, Laundry
Bobby, son, 8, b. OK
Perry Don, son, 6, b. OK
Olive May, age 1, b. OK

Enlisted U.S. Air Corps, 5 Aug 1946, as a Corporal for Hawaiian Dept at Salina, Kansas.

Application of Military Headstone. Enlisted 5 Aug 1946; Discharged 8 Apr 1947. Sgt. Headquarters Company. From Oklahoma - b. 14 Jul 1912, d. 8 Sep 1948. To be placed Hickory Grove Cemetery, Fairland, OK. Mimie E. Wallace of Miami, OK made application 14 Feb 1948 (stamped 9 May 1949 - obviously she made application after his death - February of 1949).
On the back: Prior service: Inducted 21 Oct 1941, active duty; discharged 10 Jul 1945. 463rd Army Air Corps. Received Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart.

Birth	14 Jul 1912
Marriage	23 Nov 1931	Delaware County, Oklahoma - Jewell Alberta Wynn
Death	8 Sep 1948

Spouse	Jewell Alberta Wynn (1916 - 1999)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	William Matthew Baker (1871 - 1950)
Mother	Nancy Ann Davidson (1871 - 1959)
Sibling	Sarah Jane Baker (1893 - 1978)
Sibling	James Harry Baker (1902 - 1978)